Author summary
⁠8%1 analyzed article/video3,123 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gerald E. McLeod results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 7.2% saturation with 903 hits. Analysis detected 3,960 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,492 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (8,346 of 8,974 authors). This Gerald E. McLeod is better (less manipulative) than 93.00% of the peer group.
Gerald E. McLeod
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Hannah Martin1%
⁠0%Paul DeMark1%
⁠0%Emma Sedlak1%
⁠0%Tabitha Mueller1%
⁠0%Michael Fox1%
⁠7%Gerald E. McLeod (selected)2%
⁠100%Bannon's WarRoom39%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 12,492
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

7% percentile
02550751007.0% percentile
1.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles12.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.6%2.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 0.6%0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 7.2%7.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.9%0.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 0.6%, sitewide 8.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 7.2%, sitewide 0.5%Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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